American Decades

Important Events in the Media, 1900–1909

Lincoln Steffens joins McClure's as managing editor.
Arthur Brisbane, editor, launches William Randolph Hearst's Chicago American newspaper.
Herbert Croly founds the Architectural Record.
Frank Munsey changes title of Puritan Magazine to Junior Munsey.
The first volume of Who's Who in America is published.
McClure Phillips, book publisher, is founded.
C. M. Clark, the only turn-of-the-century Boston publishing house owned by a woman, is launched.
The Supreme Court of Illinois rules that the Associated Press wire service is a public utility and must not discriminate among subscribers. The AP declares bankruptcy in Illinois and reincorporates in New York.
In November, Walter Hines Page founds the public-affairs monthly World's Work to promote business and good labor relations.

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